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Subcommittee hears bipartisan support for Digital Coast reauthorization to aid coastal planning
Summary
Rep. Minh and witnesses told the subcommittee HR 42 56 would reauthorize NOAA’s Digital Coast program, preserving free public coastal datasets and tools used by local governments, researchers and private firms for planning, hazard mapping and emergency response.
WASHINGTON — The subcommittee heard bipartisan testimony supporting HR 42 56, the Digital Coast Reauthorization Act of 2025, introduced by Rep. Young Kim Minh. The bill would reauthorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Digital Coast program for five years and make technical changes intended to keep its datasets and tools available to the public.
Rep. Minh described Digital Coast as a ‘‘federal–local…
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